Samosas

I can't claim this as a personal recipe (if only I were really this talented), but want to encourage folks to realize that you can make anything at all that appeals to you. A few years ago, I would have thought that making something like samosas was completely out of the question for a home cook. With a little bit of practice, planning, and a great recipe nothing is out of the question. My very favorite resource for great recipes is Cooks Illustrated. They have all the resources (and use them) to make sure that it's the very best version of any recipe. Unfortunately, their recipes also often require most of the day.

We live in a small town with a limited number of restaurants and ZERO indian restaurants. If we want indian food, I'm making it from scratch. I like this meat filling almost as much as the sooka keema in Julie Sahni's Classic Indian Cooking. The samosa wrappers were easier to make than I had feared, and stretchy enough to be fairly easy to fill. Of course, this is a special treat.... and it was wonderful!